Bygone Bishop
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate 689 • rare
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Collector number
- 689
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Jason A. Engle
- Market price
- $0.39
What it does
Flying
Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 3 or less, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "2 generic mana, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Bygone Bishop was originally printed in the 2016 Shadows over Innistrad expansion as part of Wizards of the Coast's exploration of the gothic horror-themed plane of Innistrad. The card features art by Igor Kieryluk, who depicted the ghostly cleric amidst the set's signature investigation mechanics, which focused on the thematic mystery of the plane’s corruption. The design intent was to provide white decks with a reliable source of card advantage through the creation of Clue tokens, reflecting the character's role as a spectral investigator.
This specific iteration of the card appeared in the 2022 Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate set as a reprint under collector number 689. This set aimed to translate the flavor and mechanics of Dungeons & Dragons into the Commander format, utilizing the Bishop as a functional inclusion for graveyard-recurring or token-synergy strategies. It was received by players as a stable, utility-focused tool, valued for its ability to provide incremental resource generation in longer multiplayer games.
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